If a deep enough hole happened to open up in the ground, and you fell into it, it would take 19 minutes to fall to the center of the Earth.
The Eiffel Tower was originally made for Barcelona.
The real name for a hashtag is an octothorpe.
The largest bowling alley in the world is in Japan and has 116 lanes.
“The Terminator” script was sold for $1.
Penicillin was first called “mold juice.”
No number before 1,000 contains the letter A. This one blew my mind.
There were active volcanoes on the moon when dinosaurs were alive.
Sudan has more pyramids than any country in the world.
The human circulatory system is more than 60,000 miles long.
Tug of war was in the Olympics from 1900 to 1920.
It’s impossible to hum while holding your nose.
All mammals get goosebumps.
Japan has one vending machine for every 40 people.
Cleopatra was born in Egypt but comes from Macedonian descent.
Finland has more saunas than cars.
Besides water, tea is the most popular beverage worldwide.
Your heart beats an average of 100,000 times each day.
Cats sleep an average of 15 hours per day.
Baby hedgehogs are called hoglets.
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No, it wasn't. It was specifically designed for the Paris world Expo.
#13 Whales and dolphins do not get goosebumps as their skin is too inflexible. I have my doubts about elephants too.
#12 You can hum staccato whilst holding your nose. Try it...
#3 That's just one of the names. According to the the Unicode Consortium its name is "number sign". "Octothorp" was first used in 1973 which is very much more recent than the invention of the character.